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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Jordan see coming out of some shrubbery?
2. What does Alexandra say that Jordan said about his grandmother?
3. What has Jordan done in response to Alexandra seeking him out?
4. Why do Alexandra and Jordan stop in London the next day?
5. What does Lady Harrington know about her husband?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jordan see when he looks out the window after being in bed with Lady Catherine Harrington?
2. What is the history between Elizabeth Grangerfield and Jordan Hawthorne?
3. How do the attackers react to Alexandra, and what does she do?
4. What does Jordan tells Alexandra he likes about her and what is her reply?
5. What does Alexandra bemoan as she is riding in the carriage?
6. How does Alexandra reveal her innocence and naivete at the inn the first night that the newly wedded couple stop?
7. What does Alexandra hear that spurs her into action?
8. Briefly describe the discussion about caterpillars that Alexandra and her grandfather have.
9. How does Alexandra compare Jordan and herself?
10. What does Alexandra get on the way to Hawthorne?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Something Wonderful takes place in and about London, England in the early 1800s. Discuss the following:
1. Research and discuss the political and cultural setting of Europe in the early 1800s. How do you think the cultural milieu informs the plot of Something Wonderful? Explain.
2. Discuss the lives of Jordan and his social group in light of the class structure in England at the time of Something Wonderful. Do their behaviors seem superficial considering that the Napoleonic Wars are ongoing?
3. How would the plot be impacted if the setting were in the United States at that time? How about in England in the 21st century?
4. How important do you think it is to understand the setting of a particularly book? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss the character of Alexandra. What are her strengths? Weaknesses? How does she evolve over the course of the story? Is she likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Do you think she is a protagonist or antagonist? Why
2. Thoroughly discuss the character Jordan. What are his strengths? Weaknesses? How does he evolve over the course of the story? (or does he?) Is he likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Is he trustworthy? Wise? Would you want him as a friend? As an enemy?
3. Thoroughly discuss two other characters of your choosing. What are their strengths? Weaknesses? How do they evolve over the course of the story? (or do they?) Are they likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Are they trustworthy? Wise? Would you want them as friends? Are they likely to be enemies?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Something Wonderful. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of individual freedom in Something Wonderful. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess individual freedom? Why? Why is individual freedom more difficult to obtain for some characters than other ones?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in Something Wonder. What is Alexandra's view of tradition? Jordan's?The Dowager Duchess's? Alexandra's family? The English culture at the tim? Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to holding fast to tradition?
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